de Medeiros, K., Saunders, P., Doyle, P., Mosby, A., & Van Haitsma, K. (2011). The meaning of friendship among people with dementia. Dementia. First published online, September 20, 2011, as doi:10.1177/1471301211421186.2010

Curyto, K., Van Haitsma, K., Vriesman, D. (2008). "Observation of Individual Behavior: A Review of Current Methods and Measures for Use with Persons with Dementia." Research in Gerontological Nursing, 1(1): 52-76.

Andersen, S. and Hodgson, N. (2007). "Reflexology with nursing home residents: A case vignette," The Internet Journal of Geriatrics and Gerontology, 3 (2). Available online.

Bower, A.R. (2007). "The Value of Talk: Critical Perspectives on Studying the Speech Practices of Elderly People in the United States with Implications for Japan." In Faces and Masks of Aging: Perspectives from the United States and Japan. Y. Matsumoto (Ed.) Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.

Freedman, V.A., L.G. Martin, and R. Schoeni. "Recent trends in disability and functioning among older adults in the United States: a systematic review." Journal of the American Medical Association, 288(24): 3137-3146.

Glicksman, A. and K. Van Haitsma. "The social context of adaptation to traumatic events: Soviet Jews and the Holocaust." Journal of Clinical Geropsychology, 8(3): 227-237.

Leon, J., and J. Marainen. Work experience and wage development of young frontline long-term care workers. Report to the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), Department of Health and Human Services, May 2002.

Leon, J., J. Davitt, J. Marainen, and M. Schwartz. A comparison of the effect of new medicare reimbursement methodologies on rural and urban home health agencies and their beneficiaries. Report to the Center for Rural Pennsylvania, May 2002.

Leon, J., J. Davitt, and J. Marainen. Impact of a further payment reduction in the Medicare home health benefit. Report to the American Association for Home Care, March 2002.

This report is available in PDF format from the American Association for Home Care.

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Marainen, J. PANPHA facility characteristics and quality indicator report. 2002. Report to the Pennsylvania Association of Non-Profit Homes for the Aging, May 2002.

Marainen, J. PANPHA’s Department of Health nursing facility survey analysis report. Part II: Effects of the survey team composition on survey outcomes. Analysis based on data from three survey periods (Fall 2000 through Summer 2002). Report to the Pennsylvania Association of Non-Profit Homes for the Aging, December 2002.

Leon, J. and J. Marainen. Private long term care insurance and its impact on demand for facility-based long term care: overview of issues and current knowledge. National Investment Center, Annapolis, MD: April 2001.

Leon, J., J. Marainen and J.E. Marcotte. Pennsylvania's frontline workers in long term care (the provider organization perspective). Report to the Pennsylvania Intra-Governmental Council on Long Term Care, March 2001.

An executive summary and a full copy of the report are also available in PDF format.

Marainen, J. PANPHA's Department of Health nursing facility survey analysis report. Part II: Effects of the survey team composition on survey outcomes. Report to the Pennsylvania Association of Non-Profit Homes for the Aging, August 2001.

Freedman, V.A. and L.G. Martin. "Contribution of chronic conditions to aggregate changes in old-age functioning." American Journal of Public Health, 90(11): 1755-1760.

Freedman, V.A. "Implications of asking 'ambiguous' difficulty questions: an analysis of the second wave of the asset and health dynamics of the oldest old study." Journals of Gerontology B: Social Sciences, 55(5):288-297.

Van Haitsma, K., Lawton, M.P., & Kleban, M. "Does segregation help or hinder? Examining the role of homogeneity in behavioral and emotional aspects of quality of life for persons with cognitive impairment." in D. Holmes, J.A. Teresi, and M. Ory (Eds.) Research and Practice in Alzheimer's Disease 4. New York: Springer Publications.

Van Haitsma, K. "The assessment and integration of preferences into care practices for persons with dementia residing in the nursing home." In R. Rubinstein et al. (Eds) The many dimensions of aging. New York: Springer Publications.

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